Nice to meet you Porto by Hostelworld

In 1999, a hostel owner in Dublin, was frustrated at how difficult it was to book affordable accommodation online, so he decided to launch Hostelworld. 

Eighteen years down the line, the company has grown to become the best option for traveling more for less money while making friends for life.

Hostelworld Group is the leading global hostel-booking platform and it operates in 19 different languages. It has over eight million reviews across 33,000 properties in more than 170 countries.

Hostelworld's target audience is the type of tourist that travels to experience the essence of assorted cultures, millennial travellers that want to meet the world.

With offices around the world in London, Shanghai, Sydney and Seoul, the recently awarded "Best Workplace for 2016" by the Great Place To Work Institute, will open an office in the city of Porto, creating quality employment for 50 people.

According to the online edition of newspaper "Dinheiro Vivo", the city of Porto has been established as a permanent venue of Hostelworld group due to transportation and office infrastructure as well as the availability of skilled labour and the easy accessibility from Dublin or London.

John O'Donnell, Hostelworld's Group Technology Officer, highlighted the tireless support of Porto City Hall as a crucial underpinning to the decision of establishing an office in Porto, stating that Hostelworld hopes to "improve the technological development capacity of the company in order to support the growth strategy."

"We aim to raise our profile of qualified workforce. Porto's academic reputation for research and development ensures that we will be able to recruit the right people to help us achieve our ambitious growth goals", concluded Hostelworld's official.

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